DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the...
Atud v. Garland (unpub.) "Mathurin A. Atud petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on alleged ineffective...
Shen v. Garland "Peng Shen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. An Immigration Judge ...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/25/2024 "On January 17, 2017, DHS published a final rule with new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case...
Lance Curtright reports: "After the 5th Circuit’s initial decision in Membreno, [ Membreno-Rodriguez v. Garland, 95 F.4th 219 ] my law partner Paul Hunker (a new AILA member!) reached out to...
"Upon reconsideration, the AAO concludes that the petitioner has met her burden of demonstrating that she was the victim of substantial abuse. Specifically, our prior decision failed to acknowledge that although the individual acts to which the petitioner was subjected might not constitute substantial abuse on their own, the acts, in the aggregate, meet the substantial abuse standard. The death threats, which resulted in the issuance of two protective orders, the eviction and resultant homelessness and loss of economic support during her pregnancy, the controlling and violent behavior, the forced sex, and the petitioner's diagnosis of depression, taken together, rise to the level of substantial abuse. In addition, the record shows that the criminal court granted the petitioner a year-long order of protection after a hearing on her temporary order, and that she received treatment and counseling for her injuries." - Matter of X-, Apr. 7, 2011 (heavily redacted to try to protect the identity of the victim)